Happy Sunday!!!  I have had a very "normal" weekend, doing what I need to do and driving myself around.  Last night I went to an Angel game which I was very nervous about (the walk from the parking lot, sitting for a long time, etc.) and it felt good to know I was able to do it.  God is definitely strengthening my body and I am extremely grateful.  Thank you for continued prayers and support!  My love goes out to all of you!

Today was the 1st session of my 3rd round of chemo.  I slept a lot while  I was there, but I have been doing well since I got home.  The doctor informed me that my white blood counts are a little under average, so I need to get a Leukine shot once a day for two days following chemo to raise my white blood cell count, which will increase my immune system.  Also, after my 4th round of chemo, the doctor plans to re-scan all the scans we did in the beginning to see where I am.  According to my blood work, my cancer level went down again from 4.7 to 2.7 today--YEA!!!!!!!!!

I know your prayers are heard and that the Lord is miraculously healing my body!  I appreciate all your faithful support and humbly ask that you keep praying!  I love you all so much and I am so grateful to each and every one of you for your expressions of kindness and generosity.

Wow, another great day.  I went out shopping with my Mom and I never had to sit down because of back pain.  We went to a couple different stores and I never sat down.  YEA!!!  I did take a nap later, but I feel very good.

Tomorrow I start round 3 of my chemo, so I appreciate your prayers when you think of me!  God bless each of you and I am so thankful for your continued support.

Blesses be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our tribulation.    2Cor.1:3,4

I have been feeling pretty well since the last time I wrote, last Thursday.  I had a nice weekend!  I attended my oldest niece's graduation from Biola (can you believe it???), and went to their house to celebrate later.  I hung out and actually did a lot of "normal" things this weekend, including house cleaning.

Please continue to pray that I will be relieved of all my nausea symptoms and that the rash on my arms and one leg will be healed.  I start my 3rd round of chemo on Thursday this week and I would appreciate your prayers for everything to continue to go well.  Thank you for your love and support always!!!

I had a fantastic day today!!!  I woke up feeling very good and strengthened in my leg which was very weak the day before.  Mom and I met the Contracts Unit (my unit at work) at a favorite lunch spot in San Gabriel and had a wonderful lunch with incredible company.  It was so great to see all the special people I work with and it gave me the itch to get back to work.  Thank you to all of the Contracts Unit for taking the time to meet us for lunch, the nice card and your generosity.  

I have had a lot of stamina today and I am very grateful!  Thank you to all you prayer warriors!

Thank you for your prayers!  Everything went well today.  The doctor said this only happens to about 1 in 1,000 people--however, I don't feel special.  Kelsey told me I'm God's chosen and that does make me feel special.  I am not scheduled for anything the rest of this week until chemo next Thursday.  Please pray for strength and healing in every area of my body!  

It is so awesome to know I have so much support and I can totally feel your prayers.  I am truly blessed and I know the Lord is carrying me through this ordeal.

Much love to all of you!!!

Praise God! My port-o-cath was authorized and I will be having surgery at 7:30am tomorrow (Wed.) morning. I am so excited to get this fixed and I would certainly appreciate any and all prayers. Thank you again (and again) for your continued support and all your acts of kindness. God bless each one of you in an amazing way!!!!

I had a rough start this morning, feeling a little sick, but it got a lot better.  My mom came back over today and that definitely cheered me up.  Thank you to all who have really helped out while my mom was gone!!!

I am still waiting for my authorization to have my port-o-cath fixed after it flipped over, so please pray that happens quickly and also pray that I can get rid of a nagging rash I have developed over the area on my leg that was radiated.  I appreciate all the prayers I can get to start feeling more normal each day--I have had a lot of minor struggles.

I love you all and truly appreciate your love, support and prayers!

Wow, what a week!   I felt very good on Thursday, my birthday, and Kelsey had planned for several friends and family members to come over for an Open House birthday party.  Kelsey did a great job preparing everything and many people came over and I was totally blessed, as usual!!!  I was pretty tired on Friday from all the birthday blessings,  but I was able to sleep in.

Today, my sister and I had a bridal shower for my niece.  It was a lot of fun but it did use my energy up.  I'm still having trouble (I get emotional) over my hair loss.  Many people complimented me about my hair (my wig) and I didn't handle it very well.

THANK YOU so much to all who came to my party, who sent me cards and continue to support me and encourage me!!  I love everyone very much!!!  :)

I had the last chemo treatment for my 2nd round of chemo today and everything went very well! I came home and slept for another 3 hours.  I also had an appt. today with the radiation doctor at the hospital to look at my port-a-cath (which actually got flipped over), and I will have to have the surgeon go back in next week to fix it.  Please keep that issue in prayer!!!!

I want to thank my sister, sister-in-law and my mom who have surprised me by having a whole bunch of people send me birthday cards this week!!!!  Talk about overwhelming, I opened over 40 birthday cards today and at least 15 yesterday and quite a few over the weekend.  It's so amazing how many of you are praying for me and totally blessing me.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!  I love you all very much.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day--I felt like I ate the whole day.  It started out with Kelsey making breakfast for me, going out to lunch after church, then having dinner with my family at my sister's house.  Everything was perfect!  

This morning I felt a little nausea, but as I got better I was able to do a few things I needed to get done, and with lots of encouragement and support, I was able to get them done.

I am still waiting to get my port-a-cath fixed, so please be praying that will be taken care of soon!  God bless you all--I love you!!

Well, another awesome day!  I slept in then my friend and I ran some errands and she gave me a manicure and a pedicure (avoiding the chance of infection).  I have had visitors all afternoon and my other friends brought me a laptop to be able to blog easier--PRAISE GOD FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HE HAS PUT IN MY LIFE!!!!!!  I am truly overwhelmed at how blessed I am.  

I pray that all of you mothers will have an awesome Mother's Day and appreciate all the joy the Lord has blessed you with.

Praise the Lord for all the WONDERFUL things He has done and all the ways we are blessed!!

God is GREAT!!!! I received some wonderful news from the Dr. today although I don't know exactly what it means as far as my treatment. My blood counts show that my cancer level is at 4.7 and when I was diagnosed in Feb. it was 14. I know that it means that the cancer is responding to the chemo and the Dr. wants the number to be less than 5 -- YEA!!!!!!!! I can't begin to thank you all for your incredible prayer support and encouragement, 'cause this was awesome news today. I did have a chemo treatment today also and I have felt fantastic, other than being a little tired. I was also able to get a chest x-ray after my chemo to start the process of finding out what is happening with my porta-cath.

I pray that God will bless each of you 10-fold for all the ways you are blessing me. Glory to our awesome God and love to each and every one of you!!!!!

Well, right after I wrote my blog yesterday I started getting sick, which lasted all evening--YUK! I made it to my 9th treatment today and have been doing well and pray that I continue to for the rest of the day. I am also experiencing some difficulty with my porta-cath and I need to have an x-ray to see if it has flipped, so I would truly appreciate your prayers for that also.

Please say a special prayer for my Mom & Dad as they travel to the Grand Canyon this week and especially for my Mom as she had an incident with her foot last night.

I appreciate the extra help I am receiving this week from everybody with my Mom out-of-town! I continue to thank the Lord for all my blessings, especially my family and friends!!!

I had a nice and fairly quiet weekend and I got up early today to go to my radiation appt. After radiation, my parents and some of their friends (of over 50 yrs.), one couple from No. Calif., took me to lunch. We had a very nice lunch and when I got home I felt like the radiation had zapped me because I just fell asleep. I feel good and I'm excited that I only have 2 more radiation treatments to go.

So many of you keep assuring me that you are praying for me and I can certainly feel how the Lord is healing me. I am so blessed to have so many people committed to praying and I'm totally thankful!!!! I hope you are all especially blessed this week. I love you!

Yesterday I survived chemo and radiation and I was tired in the evening, but feeling fine today. I went to radiation today--#7 out of 10.

My appetite has been more normal and I have had a lot more energy. I had a very minor bump this week with my porta-cath, but hopefully that will be resolved next week.

The Lord just continues to strengthen me and I am feeling a whole lot more hopeful with the whole situation than I have at times. I cannot express enough, how much it means to me to know that so many of you are reading my blog and continually praying for me and encouraging me. Thank you so much to my wonderful mom who has been a constant and awesome support and to my family and friends who have filled in to give my mom a break too! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!